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Textbook Licensing: Where the Clean-up Meets the Cover-Up

By Dan Nelson | 1601 Words | Posted 10/28/2010 | Comments (2)

Many stock photography professionals remain largely unaware of the widespread and institutionalized practice of copyright infringement that plagues the textbook licensing industry. The dual purpose of this article is to provide a brief introduction to this phenomenon and, in doing so, to help alert photographers, vendors, and other stock photography professionals to the fact that major U.S. textbook publishers have been—and, indeed, still continue to—systematically infringe third-party copyrights in photographs that they use in textbooks and various other materials. We also will explore some of the various factors that allowed this situation to occur and go unnoticed, despite being an industry-wide practice that has given rise to some of the most egregious cases of copyright infringement in recent memory.

Corbis Launches ‘Contributor Gateway,’ New Contract

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 277 Words | Posted 10/27/2010 | Comments

In a smart move that borrows from trend-setting technology practices of newer image companies, Corbis has launched a contributor Web site to provide a single pace for represented photographers to manage their relationship with the company.

Getty Adds Gamma-Keystone to European Offering

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 89 Words | Posted 10/27/2010 | Comments

Hats Off to SuperStock

By Jim Pickerell | 226 Words | Posted 10/27/2010 | Comments (1)

SuperStock refunds photographer royalties after purchasing U.K. agency.

FREE STUFF

By Jim Pickerell | 162 Words | Posted 10/27/2010 | Comments

I’d like to encourage you to take a look at some of the “Free Stuff” available on this site. Click on this link (http://www.photolicensingoptions.com) and you find a list of Free Stuff in the column on the right. The stories listed will give you a good sense of the resources available on this site.

ASMP Hosts Meetup at PhotoPlus Expo

By Jim Pickerell | 124 Words | Posted 10/26/2010 | Comments (1)

Agency professionals, service providers, photographers and those interested in stock licensing are invited to the ASMP Meetup between 5:00pm and 6:30pm in the Javits Center Cafeteria on Friday, October 29. Everyone interested in stock photography is invited; ASMP membership is not required.

AP To Build Rights Clearinghouse

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 399 Words | Posted 10/26/2010 | Comments

The president and chief operating officer of the Associated Press recently spoke at the meeting of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association in Austin. Although Tom Curly was addressing the news industry, the issues discussed were identical to those faced by image creators and marketers, particularly matters that address online and digital uses of content.

Textbook Licensing: Where the Clean-Up Meets the Cover-Up

By Dan Nelson and Kevin P. McCulloch | 1546 Words | Posted 10/26/2010 | Comments

Copyright lawyers Dan Nelson and Kevin McCulloch provide some background on how major U.S. textbook publishers have been—and, indeed, still continue to—systematically infringe photo the copyrights of the photographs they use in textbooks and various other materials. They explore some of the various factors that allowed this situation to occur and go unnoticed, despite being an industry-wide practice that has given rise to some of the most egregious cases of copyright infringement in recent memory.

Alamy Seeks Heavy for News Division

By Jim Pickerell | 159 Words | Posted 10/25/2010 | Comments

Alamy is seeking an industry heavyweight to develop a worldwide news division.

Pricing Future Magazine Uses

By Jim Pickerell | 2344 Words | Posted 10/25/2010 | Comments (2)

“Our contention is that the iPad version of a magazine is part of the rate base of that magazine,” said Condé Nast vice president of editorial operations Richard Levine at the recent conference of the Picture Archive Council of America. “A new strategy for acquiring content is needed because it will be impossible to anticipate how imagery initially acquired primarily for print use might be repurposed,” he continued. This is not unique to Condé Nast issue, but rather a position other publishers have already taken or will need to take in the near future.

About Michael Masterson

Michael Masterson has a broad range of experience in marketing, business development, strategic planning, contact negotiations and recruiting in the photography, graphic design and publishing industries. In addition to his long experience at the Workbook and Workbookstock, Masterson owned and was creative director of his own graphic design firm for several years.

Masterson has been a speaker or panelist at industry events such as Seybold, PhotoPlus Expo, Visual Connections and the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) national conference. He is currently the national president of the American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP). He also serves on the board of the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council in his Los Angeles community. He chaired the marketing committee for the Los Angeles Conservancy, a historic preservation advocacy group, for many years.

He currently heads Masterson Consulting, working on projects ranging from business development for creative companies and sourcing talent for them to promoting and marketing industry events as well as providing resume and professional profile services for job-seekers. He can be reached at zvpunryqznfgrefba@tznvy.pbz.